I was thinking recently about the idea of a Google Maps mash-up with a job search site, such as Hot Jobs or Monster.com. The idea would be that you could enter in some kind of search filterting criteria – type of company, company size, public vs private, tag names, etc. The filtering would also include a commute radius – e.g. 30 miles. The search result would be a Google map showing the companies that met your search criteria. If you drill down on the map “balloons” you would get a brief description of the company, a link to the job postings, etc. I’ve used the excellent Wayfaring site to show an example of how the resulting map might look:

1/17/05 Update:

One of the cool features of Warfaring is community maps. Any registered Wayfarer user can edit a community map, sort of like a Wiki. If you’d like to add your company to the SF Bay Area Tech Companies map, just follow these steps:

First, sign up for a new Wayfaring account if you don’t already have one

Type in a Description. HTML tags are supported on this. Here’s the info that I’ve used for other companies:Short description of the companyJobs link. Use this html:<a
href=“http://jobs.companyname.com/”
target=“_blank”>Jobs</a>

Click Done

Click the Save Map button

If you scroll down the list of Waypoints, you should see the new company. You might need to refresh your browser if you don’t see it in the list.

To add a logo for your company, click on the company name in the Waypoint list

Next to Photos, click upload

Click Browse next to Photo 1 and select the logo file for the company. Click Submit.